Foldable cabinet



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v FQLDABLE CABINET A Filed April 19, 1946 Patented May 25, 1948 nain UNITED STATES EATENT lOFFICE FOLDABLE CABINET Eli Vunovch, Kansas City, Mo.

Application April 19, 1946, Serial No. 663,563

2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in foldable cabinets.

The object of my invention is the provision of a novel foldable cabinet comprising parts which can be assembled to form a cabinet for the reception of desired articles to be stored, or which can be collapsed into compact folded form; which is cheap, strong, durable, not likely to get out of order, and which is efficient in its operation.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the cabinet, shown assembled ready for use, the doors being 'shown opened.

Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. 1, the doors being shown closed.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of what is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, portions being broken away to show the interior.

Fig. 4 is a top view of what is shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a top view of what is shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig 1. Fig. '7 is a section on the line "I-"l of Fig. 1. Fig. 8v is a horizontal section ofthe cabinet,

showing the bottom member, side members and doors folded.

Fig. 9 is a front elevation of the T-shaped door stop and bracing member.

Fig. 10 is a top View of what is shown in Fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a front elevation showing the' cabinet folded.

Fig. 12 is a side elevation of what is shown in Fig 11.

Fig. 13 is a plan view of the bottom member.

Similar characters of reference designate simllar parts in the different views.

I designates a vertical back member adapted to rest at its lower end upon the floor, and having at its side edges two forwardly extending vertical portions 2. Two side members 3 have their rear edges respectively pivoted on vertical axes by hinges 4 to the inner sides of Said portions 2, so as to swing from a forwardly extending position, shown in Figs. 1, 3, 6 and 7, to a folded position in front of the back member I, as shown in Figs. 8, 11 and 12. The members 3 have their lower ends on the floor.

Two doors 5 have one set of their vertical edges pivoted on vertical axes by hinges 6 to the free vertical edges of the side members 3, so as to swing from the closed position, shown in Fig. 2, to positions flatwise against the outer sides of top has also a front member 6 pivotedby hinges 'I on horizontal axes to the front edge of they rear top member, designated by 8, so as to swing from the operative horizontal position, shown in Figs. land 4, to a downwardly ,extending position, shown in Figs. 11 and 12, when the side members 3 and the doors 5 are folded.

A flat bottom member 9 is pivoted on horizontal axes by hinges I0 at its rear edge to the front side of the back member I, so as to swing from a forwardly extending horizontal position, shown in Figsrl and 6 to a folded vertical position, shown in Figs. 8 and I11. Inwardly extending projections II jon the side members 3 support the bottom member 9 in the operative horizontal position, Figs. 1 and 11.

A removable T-shaped member lhaving a ver-` tical portion I2 and an upper transverse portion I3, serves as a door stop andv bracing member, which rests at its lower end on the bottom member 9 and has its upper, end supporting the front top member 6' horizontally, has its'transvrse portionl I3 adapted to bear atl its ends against;- the front edges of the side members 3 above .the vdoors. 5, Figs.4 1 and-2,l so as to hold saidf'side" members 34 in the forwardly extend'in'g'position.

The lower end of the portion I2 has two ,'.downwardly extending pins I4, which extend into two holes I5 in the bottom member .9', Fig. `13. The

upper side of the T-s'haped member has two upwardly extending pins 15 which extendinto two holes I1 in the front top member 6', Figs. 4 and 5.

Two horizontal cleats i8 are fastened to the inner sides of the side members 3, one cleat having a transverse hole I9, and the upper side of the other cleat having a notch 20 adapted to receive one end of a cross bar 2|, the other end of which is fitted in the hole I9. A shelf 22 is removably mounted at its ends on the cleats i8.

In assembling the cabinet in operative condition, the side members 3 are swung to the forwardly extending position, and the bottom member 9 is swung onto the projections II. The front top member is swung upwardly to the horizontal, and the T shaped member I2I3 is mounted on the bottom member 9 and under the front top member 6, with its transverse portion I3 bearing against the front edges of the wardly extending operative position to a vertical folded position, two side members hinged on ver f tical axes to the side edges respectively off. saidv back member, to swing inwardly from operative forwardly extending positions to pestibns i`n= front of and parallel with saidfba'oh-memben and. i

adapted to rest on their lower edges on the Hoor and having means, when forwardly ,eiiztendleil foi g supporting said bottom member horizontally, two doors -liri'gedl o'nverticali'. axes to thevfrontl edges* respectively of said side members, so as to swingE from. aa closed: pcsition overf'saidi'bottomf member, Wle the lati-ter: isl liorizontalil tor'fold'edi positions against?.v the. outer' sidesI of.` said'rlsid'e'r members and l terr swing: with.` said side. members: te@ pbs'itionsv feldelt m: trent or' said@ memimr;t aq tophavl irg Horiz reali member fastened. to the'7 upper endian sans bafels'member, said topf' having..

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folded position, two side members hinged on vertical axes to the side edges respectively of said back member, to swing inwardly from operative forwardly extending positions to positions in front of and parallel with said back member and adapted to rest on their lower edges on the oor and having means, when forwardly extended, for supporting said bottom member horizontally, two doors hinged on vertical axes to the front edges resprecti'v'ely o'fv said sideineinbersf'soas to swing frcnra closed position over'saidbottom member, when the latter is horizontal, to folded positions against the outer sides of said side members and to swing.v with said side members to positions folddi'n front of said back member, a top hav- 'in'g-iiaf.- horizontal rearV member fastened to the upper end of said back member, said top having a'frortmember'hinged on a horizontal axis at its rear. edge? to said rear top member so as to swing from a horizontal operative position to a downwardly.. extending.. position in` frontA of. said doors and side members when folded, removableT- shaped door` stop andbracing Amember having at its-upper-` end means forengagingJ the under. side ofk said fronttop member. and. supportingy it hori-Y zontally andl"iavin,f e.f..-meansatY its lower end for. engaging the upperside ofl said'. bottom member. for.holding the= latter from.. upwardmovement andr-havingftheends. of. its transverse portion adaptedu to respectively. engagey the front edges of Vsaid side members for holdings them. in.. the

forwardlyfextendingf positions, two. cleats re-v spectively; horizontally' fastenedtotheinner sides of said side members in the Ysame horizontal planeY spaced fronnsaid-top, one cleat having a transl versefhole'; the. other. cleat havingA in. its upper side a notch, a horizontal transverse bar. having-one. end ttednsaidfhole and. its otherend in said notch, and a shelfY removably. mounted atits ends, respectivelyonh said cleats,- and. ele-'- ment/ss cooperating with. saidrmeans: at. the upperv and the lower ends. of said T-,shapedrmembersv enabling themto perform. their saidfunctions.

Y A VUNOVICEL Y n REFERENCES# einen 'ite'fcliwing references are or. record. infY the ie oi? this@ patenti:

Humphreys Nov. 3, 1925A 

